Fuller House Updates: Will the Olsen Twins Ever Appear on the Show?

The cast of Fuller House met the press this afternoon at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, and they came bearing gifts in the form of a new clip reel that featured behind-the-scenes footage, the first table read, and new scenes. Executive producer Robert L. Boyett, Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and creator Jeff Franklin used the 30-minute session to talk about reuniting, why they are still holding out hope for the Olsen twins to appear on the show, and why the timing was finally right. Franklin calls the Fuller House pilot essentially the finale they never got to do with the original series. Although Franklin revealed exclusively to Glamour that he wasn't happy with the way Full House ended its eight-year run (but more on that in an interview coming next month!), EP Boyett admitted that the ending of the original series ended on a natural note: "We felt some of our actors were ready to move on. It seemed like the right thing to do." The right thing to do, though, was certainly not the easy thing to do. That's why coming back has made the cast so emotional. Jodie Sweetin brought her daughters

The cast of Fuller House met the press this afternoon at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, and they came bearing gifts in the form of a new clip reel that featured behind-the-scenes footage, the first table read, and new scenes. Executive producer Robert L. Boyett, Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and creator Jeff Franklin used the 30-minute session to talk about reuniting, why they are still holding out hope for the Olsen twins to appear on the show, and why the timing was finally right.

Franklin calls the Fuller House pilot essentially the finale they never got to do with the original series. Although Franklin revealed exclusively to Glamour that he wasn't happy with the way Full House ended its eight-year run (but more on that in an interview coming next month!), EP Boyett admitted that the ending of the original series ended on a natural note: "We felt some of our actors were ready to move on. It seemed like the right thing to do."

The right thing to do, though, was certainly not the easy thing to do. That's why coming back has made the cast so emotional. Jodie Sweetin brought her daughters to the set for Fuller House's first week of taping. "I have a picture of them sitting on [the iconic blue couch]," she said. "I cried after taking that picture."

Bure's kids were on hand for almost every episode of Fuller House. Ever one to be media savvy, she said her kids prefer Fuller House to the original.

So why did the series come back? According to Boyett, he never wanted to do a reunion show ("they're mostly lousy"), but he knew that "if something worthy came along" they wouldn't be opposed to the idea. Flipping the initial concept of three single dads to three single daughters/moms "felt very timely," Boyett explained. "We're not going to fall back on doing an '80s or '90s sitcom."

Joking that they all still look pretty youthful, Bure said that John Stamos (who is a producer on Fuller House) sold them a magic potion. "We aged pretty damn well!" chimed in Sweetin.

Of course, the a Fuller House panel wouldn't be complete without a mention of Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen and whether they'll ever return to the series. Although the pilot episode of Fuller House explains their absence (you can read more about that here), Franklin is still hopeful that they'll eventually return if there's another season: "We only need one of 'em!"